How much will São Paulo get from Fifa for Bobadilla at the World Cup? | OneFootball

Midfielder Bobadilla ended his participation with Paraguay, which had a respectable World Cup run, falling only to heavy favorite France by 1-0 in a hard-fought round-of-16 match played this Saturday (4) in the United States.

As a result, São Paulo already has an idea of how much it should receive in prize money from FIFA for the player’s presence at the World Cup in North America.

Through its Club Benefits Programme, FIFA will allocate a total of US$355 million (R$1.83 billion at the day’s exchange rate) to all teams that had players called up to play in the World Cup.

The amount to be paid by the organization for each athlete was cut in half compared to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, due to the considerable increase from 32 to 48 participating national teams, as well as the longer duration of the tournament. Thus, the payment is US$5,000 (R$25,850) per player for each day.

FIFA will grant the amount starting ten days before the national team’s debut until the day after its final match in the World Cup. The player does not even need to take the field for his club to receive the proposed amount.

Paraguay’s debut came in the catastrophic 4-1 thrashing suffered against the United States on June 12. And, as already mentioned, its farewell came against France this past Saturday. Thus, the period for which Bobadilla would earn money for Tricolor runs from June 2 to July 5, totaling 34 days.

As a result, São Paulo should receive around R$879,000 for the presence of its Paraguayan midfielder at the biggest sporting event on the planet.

Damián Bobadilla started as a regular for Paraguay, but quickly scored an own goal in the opening defeat to the USA and lost his place in the starting lineup. He then came off the bench in the matches against Turkey, in the 1-0 victory, and in the goalless draw with Australia in the group stage.

Against Germany, in the round of 32, Boba returned to the starting lineup and delivered a great performance to help eliminate the four-time world champion from the World Cup. To wrap up, against the French, the midfielder did not take the field and watched his country’s elimination from the bench.

A standout for the team at Morumbi, Bobadilla was the only São Paulo player called up for the World Cup. The club also still had hopes that its backup goalkeeper, Carlos Coronel, would also be called up by Paraguay, since he was on the preliminary list, but he ended up being left out.

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